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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

25 October 2009 8:14 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

It’s a difficult tightrope to walk, making a film adaptation of a book, especially if the book is well-loved.  On one hand, if you change the book’s content too much, you run the risk of angering the fans who will turn on you for all the differences between the story in their heads and the one you’ve committed to film.  On the other hand, if you don’t alter the story enough so that a few hundred pages’ worth of information gets crammed properly into 90 minutes of movie, those who have not read the book(s) will not understand what is going on or why things are happening, and thus will not be able to follow the story thoroughly.  I am sorry to say that Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant does not walk that tightrope very well and, by the third act, tumbles clumsily into the safety net below. »

- Marco Duran

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ComicMix Quick Picks - September 23, 2009

23 September 2009 4:29 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

Presented for your approval are these, the stories we didn't get to yesterday.

This year's Animation Supercon in Miami has announced it will host reunions of the voice cast for two of our favorite shows: Futurama and Pinky and the Brain.In today's inevitable Archie Comics news, Dark Horse has announced it will be publishing archive edition hardcovers of every appearance of the Eternal Teenager in chronological order, starting with 1941's Pep Comics #22, his first appearance. We got confirmation that Jack Kirby's heirs are also looking for a piece of the Spider-Man pie in their recent lawsuit against Marvel, despite the strong possibility that the King's involvement in Ol' Webhead's creation was tangential at best.An interview with Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of the X-Men movies, revealed that a) X-Men First Class will Not be filming soon, as rumored, and b) she's cooking up several other movies starring Marvel's band of Merry Mutants, »

- Matthew Weinberger

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[DVD Review] Freakazoid!: Season 2

4 May 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

When Dexter Douglas goes out on a date with his girlfriend Steff, it obviously can’t be a normal affair. Why shouldn’t it coincide with a night that his arch-nemesis, The Lobe, feels particularly antsy and insists on going out to dinner? When Dexter Douglas goes to the Museum of Antiquity with his family, it can’t be a dull family vacation. Why wouldn’t Duncan, his older brother, destroy an ancient amulet, releasing Invisibo, an invisible pharaoh, to chase Freakazoid?

An absolute treasure, Freakazoid! remains hilarious and fun to watch over a decade after its cancellation. Perhaps it’s the fact that, instead of cheap pop culture shots, Freakazoid! was more inclined to reference Hollywood legends or, for the younger set, rival WB shows like Pinky and the Brain or Animaniacs. The humor is smart yet random, the villains are unique; overall, this show was unlike any thing »

- Max Alexis

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2009 | 2007

3 articles from 2009

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